Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Siméon Fournier
In memory of:
Private Siméon Fournier
September 8, 1920
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
Military Service
61322
28
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
Additional Information
March 8, 1892
St-Jean, Quebec
January 28, 1915
St-Jean, Quebec
Son of late Jean-Baptiste Fournier and Émilie Orchard, of Montréal, Québec.
After three months at the front, Siméon has been evacuated because of asthma and bronchitis. It was also found out that he was suffering from confusional insanity and neurasthenia, and it was decided he should be repatriated. He was released from service as medically unfit on 27 July 1916 and he was admitted to the Veterans hospital in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. He died there of pneumonia four years later and is death was attributable to his military service.
Commemorated on Page 549 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY
Quebec, Canada
Soldiers Plot
Montreal (Notre Dame des Nieges) Cemetery adjoins the Mount Royal Cemetery, in Montreal, Québec, and a War Cross is erected on the dividing line. Access by car via Highway 15 (Decarie) south, and take the exit for Queen Mary Road. Follow signs for Cote des Neiges Road south. The entrance to the cemetery is on the left hand side of this road. During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No. 4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First and Second World Wars. The Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St.Hubert. Some graves cannot be individually marked and are commemorated on a bronze plaque fixed to the Cross of Sacrifice.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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